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The Moon on Thursday, July 21, 2022: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 41.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

22.4days

Moon phase on July 21, 2022Waning Crescent

Thursday 21 July 2022394,932 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 21, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.1% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
394,932 km245,400 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (9°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 2022 is on Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at 18:38 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 17:55 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 20, 202214:19
New Moon (after)Thursday, July 28, 202217:55

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Thursday, July 21, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 29, 2022 to the new moon of July 28, 2022, a cycle of 29.63 days.